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Inventor Spotlight: Augustine Sackett

C4IP is recognizing Augustine Sackett (1841-1914), whose invention of gypsum wallboard, or drywall, transformed building construction across America and around the world....

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Fact Check: What Critics Get Wrong About the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act

A coalition of anti-patent groups — including the R Street Institute, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, and others — recently sent...

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C4IP Coalition Updates: November 2025

November Highlights: The Upcoming Review of the USMCA This fall marked the beginning of the first scheduled Joint Review process for the...

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This Month in IP: November 2025

Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From gardening...

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Fact Check: Weakening the patent system won’t lower prices for patients. It would undermine medical progress.

In a recent STAT article, I-MAK CEO Tahir Amin argues that abuses of the patent system are leading to higher drug costs....

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Inventor Spotlight: Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman

C4IP is honoring Ronald Rivest (born 1947), Adi Shamir (b. 1952), and Leonard Adleman (b. 1945), whose invention of RSA cryptography forms...

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Fact Check: The Data Doesn’t Support the Existence of So-Called Patent “Thickets”

Several academic authors recently published an article in Health Affairs Forefront advising policymakers in Congress and at the USPTO on the best...

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‘Tis the Season — of Counterfeits?

Counterfeiting is a multi-billion-dollar enterprise that puts consumers at serious risk. Poorly-made laptop batteries can overheat. Knock-off cosmetics may contain toxic chemicals....

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This Month in IP: October 2025

Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From firefighting...

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C4IP Coalition Updates: October 2025

October Highlights: C4IP Advocates for the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act On October 8, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a...

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Why Continued Innovation Matters: Keytruda and the “Product Hopping” Myth

The FDA recently approved a new version of Keytruda, a cancer immunotherapy medicine that is one of the world’s most successful drugs....

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Fact Check: The Myth of So-Called “Royalty Free” and “Open” Standards

The word “open” has become increasingly misused in the world of technology standards. In policy and antitrust terms, an open standard is...

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The counterfeiters who steal Christmas,

12/15/2022
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USTR: Don’t let opposition to TRIPS waiver expansion stop here,

12/06/2022
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U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes the Patents for Humanity Act of 2022,

12/02/2022
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IP: The Gift That Keeps On Giving,

11/29/2022
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With an Eye Toward Innovation, China’s Xi Packs Gov’t as U.S. Lacks Innovation Commitment,

11/22/2022
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On TRIPS waiver extension, America must stand up — not stand by,

11/09/2022
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Don’t suspend IP protections on Covid-19 diagnostics and therapeutics,

10/31/2022
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Intellectual property rights are the heroes of America’s innovation story,

10/06/2022
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Celebrating the Launch of the Council for Innovation Promotion,

09/28/2022
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It’s time to support today’s Edisons,

09/22/2022
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